Jim Talent breaks down Trump's Iran negotiation leverage, why the SAVE Act can't pass the Senate, and the real midterm strategy the GOP base needs to hear. Plus: Trump on Kudlow, and Haviv Rettig Gur stands up to anti-Semites.
Watch this episode here.
- (00:00) - Part I
- (02:10) - Iran tensions: Khamenei's absence & the simmer
- (08:45) - Trump on Kudlow: carriers, leverage & the deal
- (10:05) - Jim Talent's case for and against a strike
- (17:20) - Midterm anxiety & the base panic problem
- (19:34) - The SAVE Act, the filibuster, and defending Thune
- (35:13) - GOP messaging: best communicators, worst narrative
- (41:00) - Part II: Trump-Kudlow highlights & 80-20 issues
- (56:00) - Haviv Rettig Gur vs. anti-Semites at Haverford College